Type

Duration

Cultures

Shelf mark

2CDR0006140 (copy of C105/13)

Recording date

1966-08-25

Is part of (Collection)

Ken Gourlay collection

Recording locations

Koychos village, near Moroto

Recordist

Gourlay, Ken

Description

Tepes [another name for Soo language]; Recorded late evening and early darkness; hence some overmodulation in later recordings. Men and women singers. Notes by Stephen Gourlay. The following dances are not announced and run one into the next: Lomagal erite - Ox whose horns point downwards like the prongs of a husking tool; Aruki Kiwa - When the ox lows; Emong ikiram - We have knocked the horns (of my ox); Amekin - (I wanted him) to give me (an ox); Lopatangole - Its horns stretch out sideways: its forehead is white; Kiri nginya - It has tasted grass; Ayeni eruie ka Asipo - I know the lowing of my slow-moving ox; Ecekile ecekile - Another man! Another man!; Lomake toyai - Let the ox with kudu-shaped horns; Nginakoki eramiramak - I was grazing early in the morning; Etamitamak erite - Its horns are tyring to grow like the prongs of a bucking tool; Asipoki neti atepi - My ox is white and shining; Toara Engole lukudongole - Kill, ox with a white patch on the forehead and horns that almost touch at the top; Angakito make - (It is) only wood; Neni etori tolimo - whenever I pass, call out; Erupete ngidongidongi - Its horns are starting to grow; Lomeridongu ekaamong - My ox with a dark patch on one eye; Kiboii atoriamua - Sit still, I will get you (something); Edelakinori ekitet - The black ox with white hump and head is proud; Kiirasi Kiirasi - Listen, listen!; Akilimesia a Naukitia - The black and grey ox belongs to Naukitia; Ayenikin atubuno - The ox has the habit of being first (in the kraal); Aiyeya ekarut - My ox with dark patches and horns straight out; Eboliasi abolia - For playing - and dancing; Alilimu akateret - It is cold, so very cold; Aaru akireb kayae aui - The scouts have brought (an ox) from beyond the cattle camp.

Metadata record:

Individual dance songs from Koychos village

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